“Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war.”
Source: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
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Address at the International Women's Day Conference (2013)

2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29

Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Water Book

“Mortal combat corrupts, and war corrupts absolutely.”
Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 10 (p. 107)

“It is impossible to maintain one's composure in this situation.”
Acceptance speech as "best actress" at the 69th Annual Academy Awards (24 March 1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phno8FKSl48, for her performance in Fargo · Full text online at the Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/069-3/
Context: It is impossible to maintain one's composure in this situation. What am I doing here? — especially considering the extraordinary group of women with whom I was nominated. We five women were fortunate to have the choice, not just the opportunity but the choice, to play such rich, complex female characters. And I congratulate producers like Working Title and Polygram for allowing directors to make autonomous casting decisions based on qualifications and not just market value. And I encourage writers and directors to keep these really interesting female roles coming — and while you're at it you can throw in a few for the men as well.

Dan Webster interview, originally published June 19, 2005, by the Spokesman Review,

“He soon retires (i.e., into a cloister) who finds religion late.”
Source: Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604), Pt. II, Lib. I, Ch. III.